IL IL- Chicago, BlkMale, 45-65, UP129338, homeless, insulin syringes. 'Tyrone Housekeeping' jacket. April 2004.

[cheemsg]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Biological Sex- Male
Race / Ethnicity- Black / African American
Estimated Age Group- Adult
Estimated Age Range (Years)- 45-65
Height- 5' 9"(69 inches) , Measured
Weight- 137 lbs, Measured

Circumstances​

Type- Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found- April 7, 2004
NamUs Case Created- September 12, 2024

Location- Chicago, Illinois 60642
County- Cook County
Circumstances of Recovery- Person was found deceased in a tent near the railroad tracks in the area of 1500 North Hickory Avenue.

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Details of Recovery​

Inventory of Remains--
Condition of Remains- Recognizable face

Physical Description​

Hair Color- Black
Head Hair Description- Short and curly
Facial Hair Description- Short gray mustache and beard.
Eye Color- Brown

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Distinctive Physical Features​

Item
Description
Scar/mark
Several scars on back of left hand approximately 0.7 to 1.0 inch. Scars on upper back.

Clothing and Accessories​

Item
Description
Accessories
2 insulin syringes, unopened packages
On the Body

Clothing
Blue jeans, black and brown belt, gray jacket with label "Tyrone Housekeeping", black sweat jacket, gray hooded sweat jacket, patterned sweater and dark blue t-shirt.
On the Body

Footwear
one dark gray sock

 

[Sleuthing4life68]

Thank you for posting about all the Chicago cases. I'm beginning to notice a definite correlation with this serial killer. He went originally from targeting women, then to targeting males. I'm going to venture a hypothesis. At some point he went from targeting a specific female look ie blonde to homeless people.. whereas at this point anybody and everybody is fair game to this killer; and to me this is screaming that somewhere somehow someone seen him and can identify him; and that they do not realize what they were actually witnessing. On the off chance that somewhere in records from the last 35 years; information has been added in regards to someone witnessing something with law enforcement. With that being said he felt himself and his compulsion to kill and to evade capture he changed his MO. Because homeless people do not really have family, this serial killer knew it was in his best interest after something had transpired that nearly got him caught (my summation above/theory). We have a real problem on our hands here folks and I'm praying that this guy has left a lot of DNA behind. With the exception that some of these bodies are now skeletonized, I can only pray that forensic evidence leads to who this man is. By my guesstimation he has been on the loose for over 35 years. I'm also going to go out on a limb with another theory;

This man is definitely someone I believe to be between 5 ft 10 and 6 ft 3; because all the victims that you have posted about have similar stature of being under 5 foot 6 and then smaller builds, petite almost. This then correlates with the missing women being virtually the same size under 5 ft 6 and under 150 lb. Then couple it with watching him go down to the St Louis area; where the cases are just as bad in frequency. My gut still says that this is some sort of a truck driver that has a normal route. I'm pretty positive he lives in or near the Chicagoland area and travels to St Louis frequently